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A deal between the White House and US House speaker has been agreed in principle, but still needs to pass a divided US congress ...

Treasury secretary Janet Yellen had warned that the US may be unable to pay its bills by 5 June ...

Ken Paxton drew support from Donald Trump and Ted Cruz prior to the vote ...

Republican-led state house of representatives to debate whether to impeach Ken Paxton over allegations of bribery ...

Default deadline pushed to 5 June as work requirements for food aid recipients reportedly emerge as final sticking point ...

Florida governor enters the primary weakened after Twitter 'DeSaster' as wide field of candidates try to scrape ahead ...

The Texas attorney general has called for protests at the state capitol against an impeachment vote, echoing a similar request from Donald Trump before the deadly 6 January 2021 assault on the US Capitol ...

Much of the world views Kissinger as a war criminal - yet in the US, surrounded by powerful friends, he is feted as a celebrity intellectual ...

David Dennis Sr and his son have written a compelling and vitally human tale of the fight for justice and the toll it took ...

Ken Paxton's call for protesters to be 'peacefully' heard at the state capitol echoes similar request from Donald Trump before 6 January 2021 ...